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Hie Weaker .if - - . - , , Kax. Mia. Precis. 41 Jl 44 .12 4 1 .00 92 trace Salai Portland . aa Francisco 3 Chicago S4 Ntw York 80 60 M Willamette River 3J feet rORXCAST lrm V. S. weather bureau. McNary Field, Salem) : Part ly cloudy with showers today, to night. Widely scattered showers Friday- Continued cool, highest today near SZ. Lowest near 38. Temperatu at 13X1 a-n. oday was 44. tare4 t tte Crewfa ef Crejst 1 V 103 YEAH 4 SECTIONS 24 PAGES Thm Oregon! Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thandaj, May 211953 PRICE 5c ZIo. 54 V 5T4LVT V W III V. IV. V POUNDDD 1651 V l' I ' -L : ; I i 1 ' ; : ' Boris the Bull Has Last Fling Before Axe Falls Milk Order to Increase Butterf at, But Not Price Salem milk consumers will gain, but milk producers will lose under a new state milk price order issued Wednesday by the state milk marketing administration. The order covers nine Oregon coun ties and will go into effect June 1. Consumers here now pay 22 cents for 3.5 per cent test milk, but as of June 1 they will pay the same price for 3.8 test milk. 0MDDB ilKDODDS Explanations for the week long recess in truce negotiations at Panmunjom are that the unit ed States is revising its terms for settling the vexing issue of the fate of prisoneisof war de clining repatriation. They should be revised. The latest offer de viated considerably from the conditions of the old. Indian reso lution adopted Dy u. stance the UN command threw in the proposal to ;-,rr,HiatPiv after the armistice the 34,000 Koreans refusing re patriation. This would have barred the Reds from interview ing them to encourage men rc- lurn. a cuuuiuuu .-- -: ceded by the UN. The major point which the UN should in sist on is some terminal date both for the interrogation and for detention of the prisoners, to prevent their being held in definitely in captivity, as was specified in the Indian resolu tion. . ' , Truce in Korea will not solve all the problems of the Orient It will not solve even the ques tion of Korea. unfficaUon. But it will -terminate the fighting, permit the exchange of prison ers and we must not forget we have several thousand Amer icans languishing in Communist prison camps; it will transfer to , the conference table such issues as remain, where the penalty for delay is not prolonging of war fare. The United States must realize that it is in charge as an agent of United Nations, not as an- in dividual country. Therefore, it should give attention to the views of other governments even though their contribution may not be large in proportion. The British attitude has been ex pressed by Prime Minister Churchill, in very temperate language. That is the ofici3' viewpoint; but the expressions o? Labor - Party Leader Attlee re flects a considerable Tody of opinkm which the United States should not ignore. The extrem ists abroad question our sin cerity in the truce negotiations; and our warm friends question our skill in the conduct of the negotiations. It is premature to be debat ing now the admission of China to UN. or withdrawal of Reds from Indochina, or the fate of Formosa. Let us get the fight ing stopped, on the conditions of the Indian resolution, then de cide how broad the political con ference which follows should be. Train-Car Crash Kills Canby Pair CANBY, Ore. () An automo bile and a Southern Pacific freight train collided at a grade crossing here Wednesday night, and killed Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown of Can- by. Their grandson. Paul Carroll. Canby, who was driving them in the automobile, was shaken up and taken to the Hutchinson General Hospital in Oregon City suffering from shock. The collision was at the county fairgrounds crossing just north of the city. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year, Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 39.74 40.05 36.16 Animal Crackers 8v WARREN GOODRICH 9 PAXDC UEfUT VO YOU NAVE A Milk producers will take a cut from the present price of S3 cents a pound for butterfat to 76 cents the first of next month. The current price of $2.87 a hundredweight for milk will in crease to $3.16 a hundredweight, but since the going price is bas ed on both figures, producers will take losses ranging from 31 cents to 85 cents a hundred weight The order follows the recent Portland formula that cut the producer price and permitted sale of richer milk to consumers at no added cost It affects producers, wholesal ers and retailers of Marion, Linn, Clackamas, Yamhill, Washington, Lincoln, Tillamook, Hood River and Wasco counties.. Producers will receive varying amounts for skim milk. Minimum prices of standard milk set in the order include Oregon City and Hillsboro, 22 cents; Salem and McMinnville, 22 cents; and Tillamook, New port Albany, The Dalles and Hood River, 23 cents. Boy Injured as Car Crashes A 17-year-old Salem boy was injured Wednesday night when his car apparently went out of control, swerved into a ditch and traveled about 75 ' feet before smacking broadside into a power pole. Rushed to Salem General Hos pital was Gene Stoll of 735 Ore gon St Hospital attendants said he suffered a head Injury and his condition was' fair. State police reported the acci dent occurred about 9 ' p.m. at Highway 22 and Munkers Avenue just south of Macleay Road. Stall's 1940 Ford was badly wrecked. He apparently was alone in the car, said police. Students Take Fluoridated Water to School Some parents in the Baker School area are carrying drink ing water from Salem Heights so their children have the benefit of its fluoridation. This was reported Tuesday at a Baker Parent-Teachers Asso ciation meeting at which the group voted to offer the Salem City Council $25 toward the ex pense of starting fluoridation of the city's water supply. The Baker parent group is one of several organizations which have proposed fluoridating the water supply in the interest of dental health. The city has made no step toward the program, but the Salem Heights suburban wa ter district has been fluoriding its water for several months. 35 FEARED DROWNED DACCA, East Pakistan I A motor launch capsized in the Riv er Ganges Wednesday in a storm and it was feared 35 persons were drowned. Trip Provides Preview of New Pdrtland-Salem Route By WENDELL WEBB Staff Writer, The Statesman "Portland 47 miles." Signs like that, instead of the present 52 miles," may guide travellers in Salem over the new Salem-Portland expressway with in the next 18 months. State High way Engineer R. H. Baldock said Wednesday. Baldock members of the State Highway Commission, representa tives of other agencies and news papermen toured the new route from Portland to Salem Wednes day. Most of the party then con tinued south on the first of five tours planned by the commission throughout the state this year. They watched work on the north approach to the Wilsonville Bridge across the Willamette River, where initial work on the 58-foot, four-lane divided road way is underway and the first of two piers is being poured. That section of the road from Port land via Barbur Boulevard (99W) and south across the Willamette to the area west of Hubbard is scheduled to be finished in July, 1954 "and if everything' goes perfectly it is. possible the entire route to Salem will be ready by By PHIL S LOCUM Staff Writer, The Statesman Love, spring fever and the threat of the slaughter house axe overwhelmed Boris the Bull in the wee hours Wednesday morn ing and he decided to do some thing about it. Boris, who weighs in at a cool 2,000 pounds or so, made a break for it about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday from his stall at Valley Padring Co. on Portland Road. What did he have to lose? The axe was scheduled to fall this morning. And besides, in the spring a young bull's fancy turns to thoughts of love, too. . An alert Keizer District house wife first spotted Boris in her yard. That was at 4 a.m. About 5:30 a.m. George Meyers of 3395 Willamette Dr., also in the Keizer District was sleeping peacefully when his house began to shake and rattle. Opens Curtains He opened the curtains of his large picture window and there was Boris, licking the glass and snorting and pawing up Meyers' brand-new lawn. Not content with one hole, Boris moved to another section of the lawn and dug up some more earth. About this time Meyers put in a quick call to the sheriffs of fice and Deputy Buane Lehr, no farmer, came on the run. But it was too late. Boris had moved to new grounds, via some strawberry plants. Said a harried Lehr: "I tracked that beast for about four hours before catching up with him. He gave me several sharp looks thank goodness he didn't have horns." Joins Bull Hunt By now Ervin H. Ward, county dog control officer, (should be bull control) and three men of Valley Packing Co. joined the bull hunt" Boris showed up next and finally at the farm yard of Mrs. W. O. Pounds, 635 W. Chem awa Road. She coaxed Bons into a corral ana iinauy me ouu a ii jlI hunters arrived. It was now close to 10 a.m. Playing on Bons love interest, two cows were used A or bait to get Boris into the barn. The rest was easy. The poor bum steer was loaded into a truck and taken home. Boris got the axe this morning. Oswald West 80 Years Old PORTLAND UTi Oswald West, Democratic governor of Oregon from 1911 to 1915. celebrated his 80th birthday quietly at his home here Wednesday. West refused to run for office after his term as governor but has been active in politics since then. Four years ago he suffered a heart attack, and his speech has been somewhat affected by a stroke. However, he continues to express himself on various issues. The sharp-ton gued West took a gloomy view of things on his birth day. He said, "People seem to have gone nuts," and there isn't as much happiness around as there ought to be. PEARSON OFFERS REBUFF WINNIPEG, Man. UFi Foreign Secretary Lester B. Pearson said Wednesday that trans - Atlantic bickering such as the recent ex change between Clement Attlee and Senator Joseph McCarthy "benefits nobody but the Commu nists." November," Baldock said. Com missioners said the entire project was progressing "very satisfac torily." Recent rains prevented the five car caravan from keeping on the unfinished route all the way from Portland to Salem but it was par alleled as closely as possible. One stop was just west of Wood burn on the St Paul Road, where the homes of J. N. Hooper and Gordon Luffman will be moved to make room for the new ex pressway. Those on the survey tour In cluded Baldock; Commissioners Ben Chandler, MHo Ivor and C R. Reynolds; W. CL Williams, first assistant highway engineer; W. W. Stiffler, assistant highway engineer; C H. Armstrong, state superintendent of parks; W. I MacDonald, civil engineer for the U. S. forest service, and Ralph Watson, highway commission con sultant The new expressway from Port land to Salem is entirely apart from the- present route, keeping well west of it until it crosses it at HayesYille and continues south as the Salem by-pass short cut to 99E five miles south of the city. , . Heating Cable Installed in Bridge Approach '.-n "h - Electricians John Moore ltt& or soil heating cable installed on one section oi the east approach to the Center Street Bridge. By the time the bridge it finished 11 miles of the cable wQl have been Installed in the 550 foot span, electricians estimated. The electric cable which rests one inch below the bridge surface will be used to ward off ice and frost (Statesman Photo.) County Budget Below 6 ' , Increase Limit By WINSTON H. TAYLOR Staff Writer, The Statesman Preparation of a Marion Coun ty budget which will not use quite all the allowable 6 per cent increase in tax levy was completed Wednesday afternoon" by the six-man committee. It was highlighted by final ap proval for the blanket pay in crease oi $40 mommy xor ii elected officials and $10 month ly (or comparable hourly) for other employes. Computations were not com plete late Wednesday, but the budget appropriations, total slightly over $3 million, com pared with. $2,811,352 for the current year. The Jevy will be about $1,200,000, plus $250,000 for courthouse completion and furnishing, voted last November. The budget group, faced last Monday morning with requests totaling $159,218 beyond the 6 per cent limit, made a number of mostly minor reductions and made some estimates of reve nues which had not been fig ured previously in order to reach a balance. One of the cuts occurred in the salary field, where a number of departments had requested larger boosts than those granted. Other slices were in! office equip ment, with offices asked not to buy desks and other fixtures un til the move to the new court house is made next year. ine committee rpromised a study during the coming year by the lay members Delmer Davidson of Talbot, pat McLaugh lin of Woodburn and Loyal War ner of Salem of ! pay adjust ments needed within depart ments. This will be: aimed at de termining salary ranges for varying positions, so that offi cials will not have i to ask each year for special adjustments to retain more experienced work ers. This will provide an Improved base for blanket nay chanees. the committee felt. Final consideration of the budget was set for Monday, June 29, at 10 a.m. (Additional details on page 2.) Ike Plans TV Talk June 3 WASHINGTON W) The White House announced Wednesday that President Eisenhower will make a report to the nation by television between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., EST, Wednesday, June 3. This will be the first live presi dential telecast from the White House since Eisenhower took of fice. It was previously announced he was planning it, following up his radio broadcast Tuesday night. Boy Threatens Mother, Sister With Pocket Knife A 14-year-old Salem "boy who admitted threatening his mother and sister with a pocket knife during a family argument, was arrested by city police Wednes day and turned over to Marion County Juvenile Court ' Police were called to the boy's home Tuesday night and stopped a family quarrel during which the youth said he palled knife. He also admitted, according to police, threatening his father and mother with the rnife on previ ous occasions. ii ; The boy has also had trouble with school authorities, police said. i I - At ' Juvenile court, . a petition was signed charging the boy with tailing to obey, family dis cipline and truancy. i' , ..." . TflirJ? and Bill Fleener are shown patting Senators Irate Over Growing British Trade with Red China By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON . (jTVSenate investigators heard with indigna tion Wednesday that Britain and other U. S. Allies have "tremend ously" steppel up trading with Red China. They called on President Eisenhower to state clearly this country's attitude toward such trade. Chairman McCarthy (R-Wis) and other members of then investi gations subcommittee spoke out after .hearing a committee staff member testify that: At least one hundred British and 62 other Western-flag ships were trading with the Chinese Commu nists in the first three months of this year although many of the countries involved are fighting the Chinese Reds in Korea. Two British-owned ships were used to transport Communist troops along the Chinese coast and later were hired to transport goods for this country's Mutual Security Administration. Britain's exports to Red China jumped from $334,000 in the first two months of 1952 to $5,750,000 in the first two months of this year an increase of about 1,700 per cent This testimony came from As sistant Counsel Robert F.Kennedy, a brother of Sen. Kennedy CD- Mass). The witness said much of his information came from the U. S Office of Naval Intelligence. McCarthy and some of his fellow investigators hit the ceiling. The Wisconsin lawmaker said such "aid to Red China more than off sets any military contribution the British have made" in the Korean War. "It is unheard of in the history of the world," McCarthy declared, "for a country to be transporting the troops that are killing its own soldiers." Sen. Symington (D-Mo.) said he was exercised, too, about an ap parent difference of opinion be tween Secretary of Defense Wilson and the State Department over American policy toward Vestern trade with the Chinese Reds. He proposed that McCarthy write Eisenhower and ask for a "clearing up" of the matter and also of what Symington called an "obvious subterfuge" by which this government keeps secret the nature of some trade items it re gards as strategic but its Allies do not consider strategic. "That is an excellent sugges tion." McCarthy said, adding he would write the letter immediate ly. This development came after a second witness, John M, Leddy, deputy assistant secretary of state. said Secretary Dulles favors stop ping Western trade with China ex cept for transactions "which ap pear to have a net security ad vantage to the free world. Leddy gave as an example the Japanese sending seaweed to Chi na and getting iron in return. McCarthy contended, however. that Wilson has told the committee any exports to the Chinese Com munists may strengthen their war potential. A British embassy spokesman said Wednesday's "accusations will no doubt be considered in London." He said he wished to emphasize that "strict control on the carriage of strategic materials from British territories to China have been in effect for two year. Western International At WcaatefcM V Salem 1 At Edmonton S-S. CalcaxT At Lcwiston 7-7. Vancouver 3-1 At Spokane C. Victoria S At Yakima 10. Trt-Oty 4 Coast League At Portland-Hollywood, rain. At Oakland S. San. Diego S 411 Inn.) A. Loa Anf alca S. Sacramento a At Seattlo a. San rrandaco 2 . American League At Boston 9. St. Louis 1 (14 tea.) At Now York t. Detroit S At Philadelphia tt Chicafo 1 At Washington 8, Cleveland S National League v At Chlcaso S. New York IS ' At Cincinnati 14. Philadelphia S At Miwaskeo S. Brooklyn 7 At fit. Louia 11. Pittsburgh S the finishing touches on 20,000 feet Cordon's Staff Studies Airport Tower Funds By A. ROBERT SMITH Statesman Correspondent WASHINGTON Sen. Guy Cor don's staff is reviewing the bud get of the Civil Aeronautics Ad ministration with a view to sue gesting that it might be able to reallocate funds allowed it by congress in order to continue operations of the Salem airport control tower. The CAA has announced that it will terminate operations of 17 towers in other parts of the country, along with the Salem tower. The scheduled shut downs were' ordered by the CAA fol lowing a reduction in its funds for the coming fiscal year by the House." But the House did not specify that it curtail operations of con trol towers in order to effect the ordered savings in expenses. Sen. Cordon hopes to find justifica tion for having the Senate sug gest that CAA make savings in operations other than airport control towers. The , Senate is due to act on the appropriations bill for CAA next week. U.N. INQUIRY ASKED UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UTi Thailand gave notice Wednesday that it wants a U.N. inquiry into the recent Red invasion of the neighboring French - protected La os kingdom in Indochina. Strawberry8 Processors Join Growers in Crop Optimism , . By LILLIE L. MADSEN -Farm Editor, The Statesman Strawberry processors as well as growers were feeling quite happy Wednesday. Prospects are good for an excellent crop. There has been practically no frost injury this spring to the strawberries. The rains so far have come Just right, and bait ing and dusting have been going along in good order. A few years ago, a couple of dustings and one or two baitings took - care of disease and insect problems, but growers said Wed nesday that this is no longer so. Spraying, dusting, and other con trol measures are carried on prac tically the year around to combat Insects and diseases. In the various strawberry dis tricts called, June 1 was the earl iest date set for picking. Alvil RandalL manager of United Growers, said he believed that some of that cooperative's grow ers planned to start around June 1 "certainly no earlier." Randall did not anticipate any peeking problems this year. School would be out before much picking got underway and school children as a whole . made very good pickers, Randall said. . Ralph Sebern of Bird's Eye di vision of General Foods Corpora tion, Woodburn, gave much the same report as RandalL The crop from the Bird's Eye division also looked Moed.- Picking would be Oaf is Deinies Acting For America NEW YORK (AP Associated Press Correspond ent William N. j)jatis said Wednesday night he never spied for the American Embassy while he was a news paperman in Casechoslovakia. He said in m statement that he checked news tips he received with! the embassy on occasions and added t , "But at no time di4 I .act as an espionage agent of the embassy in the sense that this tejrm is under stood in Western countries within the range of my experience." Oatis statement followed by two days his return to New York after 25 months in an Iron jCurtain pris on on conviction of fspionage. j At a news conference, on his ar rival here Monday, jpatis refused to say whether he served the U.S. government in any capacity while he was Associated Press corres pondent in Prague, j A. reporter told hinn;that his non committal stand migSt prove em barrassing to him. Qatis conced ed that, but insisted he would stand on the record of his Prague trial for- the time being, j At the trial in 1951J he was con victed of espionage an charges of transmitting Czech economic, mil itary and political date to a for eign government A presumably the U.S. WASHINGTON OP) Six weeks before the Czechs freed William Oatis. President Elsenhower of fered to negotiate the sanctions imposed because of (his imprison ment, if he were frfed. The White House Wednesday night revealed an exchange of cor respondence betweeii Eisenhower and Czech President Antonin Za potocky that preceded the end of 25 months of jail behind the Iron Curtain for the Associated Press correspondent. 1 One week before Datis was re leased, the White House said. Sec retary of State Dulles also "made diplomatic-representations" to the Czech government. I Stock'Market 1 5 Stages Biggest Rally of .pear NEW YORK MB n a big burst of buying enthusiasm, the stock market Wednesday staged its big gest rally of the year. Aircrafts started the ball rolling, railroads took cordmand-and turned the affair itto general recovery movement, and steels, motors, oils and the other major divisions went along) with vigor. Some gains were lizable. Many amounted to between 1 and 3 points while several key issues were up between 3 and 5 points. With The Associated Press aver age of 60 stocks up $1.40 at $111.40. the industrial comppnent. gamed $1.30, the railroads (gained $2.30, and the utilities gained 20 cents. The list was composed of 1,121 individual issues with 663 gainers and only 198 losers. There were 29 new highs for the year and 44 new lows established. I Volume expanded with the rise and came to 1,690.009 shares, best in around a month, fruesday s to tal was 1,120,000 shades. i gin around June 1, and no picker shortage was anticipated as schools in this processor's area would also be out j Almost all Valley tanneries and processors draw heajvily from the Silverton Hills areal Here grow ers said Wednesday, picking would be from a week to 10 days later than usual an in all prob ability would not stfrt until after June 1, perhaps no tf until around June 6 or 8, depending, of course, upon the weather fffom now until the first of the month. Hill grow ers report an excellent stand of blossoms. j While neither .processors nor growers had been informed of the picking price for thifc season .they expected it to be about similar to last year's. Certainly no high er, they all agreed J as the price for berries was no expected to be over that of Last year. The 1952 picking price was 4& cents with' an additional j cent paid as bonus for those jremaining to the close of the season. Berry price, too, fhas not been decided upon, but fwas believed would be similar ti that of last year, which veried. iHowef er, the average price list year was around 15 cents. I r 1 Randall remarked that quality had much to do with the price paid at United Growers where the price averaged from! HVt to 15, the latter neing paia xor top auality fruit. I ' t asSiDY Churchill (. -...... ; ; Asks Ike LONDON UT! Prime Ministel Churchill said Wednesday he hopes President Eisenhower will visit London for personal talks whilt he is chief executive of the United States, though no aspect of British American relations makes -such as invitation urgent now. . Churchill did not mention anj date for a visit nor indicate what sort of issues they would discuss. His whole tone indicated be mere ly would be happy to welcome the American president any time Eisenhower wished to renew old contacts in London. County Status For Hawaii, Alaska Asked WASHINGTON UP) Solution el Hawaii's ' statehood problem by making the territory a county of California was suggested Wednes day by Sen. Smathers (D-Fla.). At the 'same time,' he said the inhabited areas of Alaska could become a county of Washington State. Some years ago. Sen. Butler (R Neb.) suggested that Hawaii might be made a county of California, but the idea has never been taken seri ously. Smathers is scheduled to lead the opposition when the Senate In terior Committee begins a hear ing on a Hawaiian and Alaskan statehood bill, probably within the next 10 days. j He told a reporter one of the witnesses probably will be Milton S. Koblitz, a Los Angeles historian who is acquainted with facts sur rounding the question of Hawaiian - statehood. Smathers wrote Sen. Cordon (R- Ore.), chairman of the interior committee, that be understood Ko blitz would support the position that Hawaii should become a Cali fornia county. - The House some weeks ago pass ed a Hawaiian statehood bilL The Senate Interior Committee decid ed to link Hawaiian and Alaska iato a single bill for the purpose of hearings. Judge Decries Rod arid Bottle Club Activity The effects of mixing gasoline with alcohol and the conviviality of fishing trips were commented on Wednesday in the Oregon Supreme Court. ! A Douglas County circuit judge was upheld in a supreme court decision awarding $11,196 in dam ages to Marvin Glasscock, one of four men in an auto accident neat Scottsburg Nov. 20, 1948. He had sued the driver, Floyd Anderson In the opinion Wednesday, Justice Walter L. Tooze wrote! "The record in this case painti a clear picture of a convivial group of men on an outing, witk all. the accouterments and extrsi generally considered necessary tc a successful fishing trip. . "It is almost a matter of com mon knowledge that such fishini trips usually prove : happy and successful ventures, unless and until someone spoils the party b deciding he wants to fish. They customarily do not term inate with such disastrous results as occurred in this case. This record affords but an other example of the truism that alcohol and gasoline is a mixture fraught with danger." The opinion upheld Circuit Judge Carl E. v Wimberly of Douglas County, f ELEANOR' ON TOUR LOS ANGELES en Mrs. Elea nor Roosevelt took off for Tokyo Wednesday en the second leg or her world tour. Y Pay Visit 1- 4